English Heritage sites near Zeal Monachorum Parish
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
10 miles from Zeal Monachorum Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
GRIMSPOUND
14 miles from Zeal Monachorum Parish
The best known of many Dartmoor prehistoric settlements, Grimspound dates from the late Bronze Age. The remains of 24 stone houses survive within a massive boundary wall.
HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
16 miles from Zeal Monachorum Parish
The remains of four 13th century stone farmsteads, on land originally farmed in the Bronze Age. This isolated Dartmoor hamlet was probably abandoned in the early 15th century.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
18 miles from Zeal Monachorum Parish
Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
21 miles from Zeal Monachorum Parish
The group of monuments at Merrivale is one of the finest on Dartmoor: side by side here are the remains of a Bronze Age settlement and a complex of ritual sites.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
24 miles from Zeal Monachorum Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.